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quarters of the Cape and Islands’ 

electricity needs. Each of the 130 wind 

turbine generators would generate 

electricity independently. Solid 

dielectric submarine inner-array cables 

(33 kilovolt) from each wind turbine 

generator would interconnect within the 

array and terminate on an electrical 

service platform, which would serve as 

the common interconnection point for 

all of the wind turbines. The proposed 

submarine transmission cable system 

(115 kilovolt) from the electric service 

platform to the landfall location in 

Yarmouth would be approximately 12.5 

miles in length (7.6 miles of which falls 

within Massachusetts’ territory). 

Nantucket Sound is a roughly 

triangular body of water generally 

bound by Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, 

and Nantucket Island. Open bodies of 

water include Vineyard Sound to the 

West and the Atlantic Ocean to the East 

and the South. Nantucket Sound 

encompasses between 500 and 600 

square miles of ocean, most of which 

lies above the OCS. The Cape Wind 

Energy Project would be located 

completely on the OCS, except for the 

transmission cables, which would run 

through Massachusetts’ territory to 

shore. For reference, the northernmost 

turbines would be approximately 5.2 

miles (8.4 km) from Point Gammon on 

the mainland; the southernmost 

turbines would be approximately 11 

miles (17.7 km) from Nantucket Island 

(Great Point); and the westernmost 

turbines would be approximately 5.5 

miles (8.9 km) from the island of 

Martha’s Vineyard (Cape Poge). 

Dated: April 28, 2010. 

Chris C. Oynes, 

Associate Director for Offshore Energy and 

Minerals Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural 

Item: Rochester Museum & Science 

Center, Rochester, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate one cultural item in the 

possession of the Rochester Museum & 

Science Center, Rochester, NY, that 

meets the definitions of ‘‘sacred object’’ 

and object of ‘‘cultural patrimony’’ under 

25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the cultural 

item. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 1982, the museum acquired a small 

red stone medicine face (82.54.1). It 

appears to be a contemporary piece and 

was donated to the museum by Mrs. 

Beverly Anderson, Rochester, NY. 

Original museum documentation 

stated that this medicine face could only 

be generally affiliated with the 

‘‘Iroquois.’’ Oral evidence presented 

during consultation with representatives 

of the Haudenosaunee Standing 

Committee on Burial Rules and 

Regulations, as well as historical and 

anthropological scholarly materials, 

support the fact that the Onondaga 

Nation is the Keeper of the Central Fire 

of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and 

as such has the responsibility within the 

Haudenosaunee Confederacy to bring 

back national cultural patrimony and 

sacred objects that are affiliated with the 

‘‘Iroquois’’ generally, and to return those 

objects to their rightful communities. 

Therefore, it is the understanding of all 

the Haudenosaunee Confederacy 

Nations that any medicine faces 

affiliated generally as ‘‘Iroquois’’ are 

affiliated with the Onondaga Nation. 

In the course of consultations with 

members of the Onondaga Nation, it was 

shown that any individual who carved 

a medicine face and alienated it to a 

third party that in turn donated it to the 

Rochester Museum & Science Center did 

not have the authority to do so. 

Furthermore, Onondaga Nation 

traditional religious leaders have 

identified this medicine face as being 

needed for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by presentday adherents. Based on consultation 

with NAGPRA representatives from the 

Onondaga Nation and other 

Haudenosaunee and nonHaudenosaunee consultants, the 

museum has determined that the 

medicine faces are both sacred objects 

and objects of cultural patrimony. 

Accordingly, museum documentation, 

consultation and oral evidence show 

that this medicine face is a sacred object 

and an object of cultural patrimony, and 

that the medicine face can be culturally 

affiliated to the Onondaga Nation of 

New York on behalf of the 

Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also 

known as the Iroquois Confederacy or 

Six Nations, which includes the 

Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, 

Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations that are 

in part represented by the following 

Federally-recognized tribes: Cayuga 

Nation of New York; Oneida Nation of 

New York; Oneida Tribe of Indians of 

Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation of New 

York; Seneca Nation of New York; 

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, New York; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York; and Tuscarora Nation of New 

York). 

Officials of the Rochester Museum & 

Science Center have determined, that 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the 

one cultural item described above is a 

specific ceremonial object needed by 

traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. Officials of the 

Rochester Museum & Science Center 

have also determined that, pursuant to 

25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one cultural 

item described above has an ongoing 

historical, traditional, or cultural 

importance central to the Native 

American group or culture itself, rather 

than property owned by an individual. 

Lastly, officials of the Rochester 

Museum & Science Center have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), there is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the sacred object/object 

of cultural patrimony and the Onondaga 

Nation of New York. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

Nation or tribe that believes itself to be 

culturally affiliated with the sacred 

object/object of cultural patrimony 

should contact Adele DeRosa, Rochester 

Museum & Science Center, Rochester, 

NY 14607, telephone (585) 271–4552, 

ext 302, before June 3, 2010. 

Repatriation of the sacred object/object 

of cultural patrimony to the Onondaga 

Nation of New York may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Rochester Museum & Science 

Center is responsible for notifying the 

Onondaga Nation of New York that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

David Tarler, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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